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There was so much meaning in just that one word. Where did she even begin.
“The food is really good Damon, thanks for making it. Sorry I must not have heard my alarm.”
“No problem. I shut your alarm off when I got up. You were sleeping so soundly I thought you needed it.”
“Thanks. I need to get downstairs and stock the bar though.”
“No worries, I can help. Two people should make it faster, right?”
She just needed to get it off her chest before she had a heart attack worrying about what happened.
“So, you’re still willing to work with me, even after last night?”
He tapped his fork on the table and looked longingly at her for a few seconds. It didn’t make her feel any less guilty.
“Do you regret what happened?”
That was an easy one to answer. Well maybe…
“Yes and no. I just feel bad about hiring you then having this happen but I don’t regret that it happened at all.”
“Me either. But I do want you to know that’s not normally the type of guy I am. I don’t want you to get the wrong impression of me.”
“What type of guy are you?”
“Well besides being a bear, I feel like I’m loyal when I am in a relationship. I don’t make a habit of sleeping around. It’s not exactly easy to find someone like me.”
“As far as I know, at least in these parts, it’s just you and me. I’ve not met another in all the time I’ve lived here and my family moved here when I was five.”
“Speaking of your parents, where are they?”
“They died in a fire a few years back. I was working late here at the bar and our house just outside of town caught fire and they never got out.”
“That’s awful Mack, I’m sorry to hear. Was this apartment always here then?”
“No, this all just used to be storage for extra table and chairs, boxes and general junk. I had it turned into a place for me when I got the settlement from the fire and paid off the mortgage on the building. I added a security system, which I never set last night apparently and remind me later I’ll give you the code. After that, I just took one day at a time and figured out how to get on with my life.”
“Sorry I made you rehash all that.”
“It’s okay, it gets a little bit easier with time but I miss them every day.”
They sat in silence and both finished their food.
“Where did you learn to cook?”
“Just one of my many talents.”
“Avoiding the question, you’re good at that I’ve noticed.”
“Not avoiding. I just picked it up along my road to rediscovery. I cooked in a little roadside café a few years back and learned a lot from the owners. The woman amazing at anything homecooked. She taught me everything she knew.”
“So maybe I should put you in the kitchen downstairs instead of at the door.”
Mack cleaned the empty plates form the table and washed them quickly.
“I’d rather not if it’s all the same to you. I think I’m more suited to be the brawn in the bar.”
She laughed but nodded in agreement.
